Individual Therapy

No one is immune from mental health concerns. Everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences times when stress levels become unmanageable, things are not going as planned, we lose something of great importance or we encounter issues in our relationships (work, family, other).

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At Carlton Counselling, individual therapy is a collaborative partnership between you and an educated, trained and registered mental health professional. It involves meeting either in-person or via a virtual clinic setting, in a safe, confidential and compassionate environment with a goal of discussing and working towards resolving the challenges you are experiencing.

 

How Can a Social Worker Help?

Social Workers can help you find the most benefit from your relationships, work and community life. Social workers are unique among the helping professionals because they look at problems people are experiencing within the context of their families, workplace, communities and society to examine and understand the connection between the problem someone is experiencing and larger social issues.

Common Concerns

Individual counselling is an option to help you when life becomes overwhelming, unbearable, challenging. Counselling may assist you to develop a better understanding of circumstances, build resilience and coping skills along with regaining control of your life.

People seek out individual counselling for many mental injury and illness reasons which includes, but is not limited to:

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• Abuse / Neglect

• ADHD

• Anger

• Anxiety And Panic

• Bereavement (Loss) And Grief

• Depression

• Eating Disorders

• Family Relationships

• Goal Setting

• Health Issues

• Interpersonal Relationships

• Job Loss

• Parenting Issues

• Personal Growth

• Post Traumatic Stress

• Self Confidence

• Separation and Divorce

• Stress

• Trauma

• Victim Of Crime

• Workplace Conflict​​

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How Can Counselling Help?

Providing a safe, caring, and confidential space to allow for open discussion and problem-solving, a mental health professional uses their education, training, background and expertise to support the elimination of a variety of barriers and challenges that are preventing you from mental wellness.

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Through exploration of your thoughts, emotions, behaviours and background, counselling can help in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:

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• Unbiased supportive listening

• Identifying challenges and triggers

• Evaluating existing coping strategies

• Building positive, productive techniques for coping

• Problem solving

• Growing self-confidence, self-esteem, and resilience

Treatment Options

There is no one formula for individual therapy. Effective interventions and support that works for one person, may not work for another person. Some people may need a few counselling sessions, while others may greatly benefit from a long-term therapeutic relationship with a mental health therapist. Effective counselling is customized to your goals, challenges and needs.

Some common interventions and approaches used at Carlton Counselling include:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

• Solutions-Focused Therapy

• Narrative Therapy

• Trauma Therapy (ART)

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)